Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 08:11 AM 1/13/2008, you wrote:
> It is the same thing with SPIN farming, Square Foot gardening and 
> Lasange gardening.  It is marketing gimmicks.  Maybe I should become 
> famous with Pentagon Farming.  That just came to mind.  Fool people five ways?

I might disagree with you about some of the marketing labels (much as 
I dislike current marketing practices!). "Lasagna" gardening, for 
example, is a cute title (sells books, in other words) for simple 
no-till gardening. I didn't find much of anything new in it that I 
wasn't already doing, but I know people who have completely stopped 
using a tiller, or doing double-digging, because of that book. It 
also appeals to people who think they can't garden because of age or 
physical disability. So in this case, at least, the marketing people 
managed to package something attractively that really does have some value.

Now SPIN farming I know nothing about, and probably don't want to 
know anything about, lol!

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com